Master degree in Geology at the University of Pisa, 110/110 cum laude (03/05/2013)

Bachelor degree in Geology at the University of Pisa (23/07/2010)

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

My research is focused on the (bio)geochemical cycles of carbon, sulfur and trace metals between the surficial environment (atmosphere-oceans-crust) and Earth’s interior (mantle). During my Ph.D. I have studied these cycles at subduction zones to understand how they can promote the oxidation of the Earth’s mantle and control the spatial and temporal distribution of ore deposits. My post-doc research activity has been focused on the study of mineral deposits associated with environmental contaminations by heavy metals (Tl), CO2 mineral sequestration in ultramafic rocks, and on the development of new proxies for the reconstruction of paleo-fluxes of CO­2 through the Earth’s crust.

PREMI E INVITI

National Geographic Society Early Career Research Grant” EC-426R-18, for the project “Magnesite deposits as proxies for paleo-CO2 fluxes through the Earth’s crust” (25/04/2018)

2018 –IGG-CNR associate for collaboration in the scientific area “Geodynamic and geological processes”

2015 Co-proposer and scientific participant in the synchrotron experiment XFM9490 (Australian Synchrotron) for the project: “Metasomatic oxidation of the sub-arc mantle, new insights from synchrotron XANES analyses of iron oxidation in garnet”

2016 Co-proposer and scientific participant in the synchrotron experiment XFM11318 (Australian Synchrotron) for the project: “Oxidation state of melt generated at the site of mantle metasomatism”

2014 - 2018 Teaching associate at the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University (Australia), for the units: economic geology, petrology and geological mapping.